Eyelid ptosis is a drooping of the upper eyelid. It is usually caused by detachment or weakness of the muscle which raises the eyelid (levator muscle). A droopy lid may block your vision and you may need to use your forehead muscles to try to lift your eyelids.

An upper lid blepharoplasty removes the loose folds of skin from the upper lid, sometimes fat is also removed. There will be some skin folds remaining to ensure that you can close your eyelids. If your skin has a crepe appearance this cannot be resolved with a blepharoplasty.

This is the most common type of skin cancer and it is estimated that over 50,000 people in England and Wales are diagnosed with this every year. The appearance of a BCC varies from just a small nodule to a much larger ulcerated area if left untreated for a long period of time.